03x05 - Amber Rocks/The Big Stink

[bunniefuu]

That's me, Fred the house cat.

When my family leaves for the day,

I don't just sit inside watching the world go by.

I become...

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Nature Cat, backyard explorer extraordinaire!

♪ Oh, go go go ♪

Tally ho!

♪ Go go go ♪

Tally ho!

♪ We're climbing up the trees now ♪

♪ We're swinging through the breeze now ♪

♪ We're getting muddy knees now ♪

♪ With Nature Cat ♪

♪ Nature Cat, Nature Cat ♪

♪ Nature Cat, Nature Cat, Nature Cat ♪

♪ So what are we waiting for? ♪

♪ We're so excited to explore ♪

♪ All that nature has in store with Nature Cat ♪

♪ Go go go Tally ho!

♪ Go go go Tally ho!

♪ He's our favorite nature guide ♪

♪ We just can't wait to get ♪

♪ Outside! ♪

♪ We're swinging through the trees now ♪

♪ We're jumping in the leaves now ♪

♪ We're getting muddy knees now

♪ With Nature Cat!

♪ Nature Cat, Nature Cat Tally ho!

♪ Nature Cat, Nature Cat, Nature Cat ♪

♪ Tally ho! ♪

Daisy: Amber Rocks

Hal: So many possible Capt. Pino Pineaconi's to choose from!

Which one shall I pick, baby?

Hal voice : Ohh! Pick me, Hal! Hal voice : No pick me!

Hal V: No pick me, Hal!

Hal V: Please pick me, I need it!

Hal V: Hal, I am the only Captain Pino Pineaconi here...

Hal: (laughs)

Hal: Hey, what's this sticky, stuff?

Hey guys. I'm like super stuck over here.

Like, really, really stucky!

Nature Cat: Fear not, Hal my pal!

For I, Nature Cat, shall have you free in a jiff!

Errrg!

(struggles)

Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo!

Nature Cat: Uh, Squeeks,

we are in need of your mighty powers, please!

We're kind of stuck.

Squeeks: What's going on?

(gasps)

Okay, we're gonna bust you guys out!

Hup!

(struggling)

(puffing)

Squeeks: This is embarrassing.

Daisy! Over here!

Daisy: Man-oh-man! What happened to you guys?

Nature Cat: Daisy, help! What is this terrible glue?

Errg!

T'is most unpleasant!

Daisy: Let's see, here...

Hmmm...

Daisy: Oh, it looks like this sticky stuff is something

the pine tree makes.

Nature Cat: You mean, like sap?

Like in that episode where we tapped maple

trees for maple sap?

Daisy: I don't think it's sap, Nature Cat.

Maple sap is watery and thin.

This stuff's sticky and thick.

Hmm...got it!

Says here that pine trees make a really sticky goop,

called resin. That's it!

This stuff must be Pine resin!

Squeeks: Gorgeous explanation, Daisy, but do not tell me that

we stay glued for this entire episode!

Daisy: No, that would be kinda boring.

Come on, let's wash this resin off you, follow me.

(upbeat music)

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Daisy: Woo! Ah!

g*ng: (gasps)

g*ng: (yelling)

(splash)

Nature Cat: Water! Why does it...

Squeeks: Yeah, yeah! We know about the water thing,

Nature Cat, and we understand.

But try to relax, man. We're unstuck now...

Hal: What she said, baby!

Nature Cat: Wow this stuff is still sticky!

Daisy: Man-oh-man,

sure wish people would pick up after themselves...

Hey, what's this? You're kinda pretty...

Daisy: You're even pretty, for a piece of plastic junk.

Oh well.

Squeeks: No waaaaaaait!

Squeeks: Where'd you go? Where'd you go?

Where'd you go? Aha! I found it!

Squeeks: Gasp! Could it be? Could it really, really be?

No way! Dais, I don't think this thing is plastic!

Nature Cat: What-cha got, Squeeks?

Squeeks: I think this is big!

I'm not sure... but if I'm right, this could be huuuge!

Okay. I gotta find out! I'm gonna split!

I'll see ya later! Ohhhh!

Hal: What's up with Squeeks?

Daisy: Hal, if you haven't noticed by now,

Squeeks works in mysterious ways.

Nature Cat: Come on, onward and Squeeksward!

Squeeks: I must know! I simply must know.

Tell me your secrets. Tell me!

Maybe Daisy was right.

Maybe this thing is just a piece of plastic junk.

Nature Cat: Tell us, good mouse,

what could this thing be if not plastic junk?

Squeeks: Well, I don't want to say it too loud.

I don't want to jinx it.

But maybe, just maybe, in a one-in-a-million chance,

this little nugget right here could be a piece of genuine...

Squeeks: ...Amber! Amber! Amber! Amber! Amber! Amber!

Hal: Amber? You said Amber, right?

Ha ha! I knew it! I just knew it!

Ohhhh, I adore Amber. Really I do!

Hal: Oh sigh...

and I just have one little quick question-y.

What's this Amber stuff, anyway?

Squeeks: Well, it's, um, you know, it's, ah,

it's a gem-er-rock-a-ma- thingy. Definitely.

Hal: Oh. Yup. I pu-thought so.

Gem-er-rock-a-ma-thingy. Mmh, sounds about right.

Nature Cat: Gem-er-rock-a-ma-thingy?

Squeeks: Okay, okay, so I don't know what Amber really is.

What is it? A rock? A gem? A crystal?

I don't know! All I know is amber's beautiful.

I'm hoping this little baby turns out to be the real deal.

Daisy: Well Squeeks, none of us knows what

amber really is, so let's see what science has to say.

Announcer: So you want to know about Amber, huh?

Well hang on, that's a sticky bit of business!

Why Sticky, you ask?

Well, that's because we need plant Resin to make Amber!

Nature Cat: You mean like pine resin?

Like the stuff we got stuck in earlier?

Announcer: Correct, Nature Cat!

Daisy: Hmm... but why did the pine tree make

resin in the first place?

Announcer: Great question, Daisy!

Only certain kinds of plants, make resin.

They use it for protection when they get injured, like when a

pine tree loses a limb or is damaged by insects or birds.

Announcer: When the resin oozes out of the tree,

it hardens and seals up the wound just like a bandage!

Squeeks: Oh! Like for little boo boos?

Announcer: That's right, Squeeks!

Nature Cat: Well that is most intriguing,

but pray tell, good narrator sir.

What has this to got to do with amber?

Announcer: Well Nature Cat, some of the trees that d*ed millions

of years ago were buried under water and many,

many layers of mud.

All that pressure and heat from the layers changed

the resin into amber over a very, very long time.

Daisy: Aha! That sounds like how a fossil is made!

Announcer: Right you are, Daisy, those little chunks of resin

became fossilized into what we call amber!

Nature Cat: So, if amber comes from a plant...

that means it's not a rock, am I right?

Announcer: Correct, Nature Cat.

Amber's not a rock at all. A real gem, like wow!

g*ng: Zowy! Woe!

Amazing! No way!

Squeeks: A gem! Wow!

♪ Gem! Gem! Gem! Gem! ♪

♪ Gemmy gem gemgemgem! ♪

♪ Gem gem gemmy gemmy gemmy gem gem! ♪

Announcer: But wait! It gets better!

Occasionally scientists discover the rarest

of rare treasures inside of amber.

Hal: Treasure? Like Mr. Chewinsky?

(squeek squeek)

or an old stinky sock?

What? That's treasure to me.

Announcer: Not quite, Hal.

These are priceless treasures!

For example, scientists have discovered perfectly preserved

plants, insects and even very small birds and animals

inside of Amber. Like this piece here. Look!

Announcer: It has a leaf from a prehistoric plant inside.

And how about this one?

Announcer: It captured a bee that lived

millions of years ago.

And look at this priceless treasure!

Announcer: Do you know what that is?

g*ng: Uh...

(mumbling)

Announcer: Why, that's a perfectly preserved

dinosaur tail feather!

Now talk about priceless, that's got to be the rarest

of rare things, indeed!

Nature Cat: Well that cleared things up nicely.

Amber is not a rock after all.

Hal: Who'd a thunk it?

Thank you Mr Invisible Announcer Person Man!

Announcer: No problem Hal.

Squeeks: Amber's the coolest thing in the world!

But, how'll I ever know if this thing is genuine amber?

Daisy: Perhaps it's time to talk to a real, live expert.

Squeeks: An expert you say? Like who?

Daisy: Oh I have just the right person in mind.

Houston: I have prepared three tests that will determine

whether your sample is in fact, genuine amber.

Houston: Now, to the first challenge.

This is called the Amber Static Electricity Test.

Genuine amber can be charged with static electricity.

Daisy, ma'am, could you please rub the sample on your fur.

Daisy: Sure thing, Houston!

Daisy: Groovy, check out my hair!

Houston: Check!

Your vertical hair is the result of static electricity.

Your sample does indeed hold a static charge.

Now let us proceed to the second challenge.

This is called the Amber Olfactory Test.

It uses the sense of smell.

Hal: Well, Houston, as you know,

the sense of smell is my thing so!

Houston: Roger that, sir.

Reports indicate that some samples of genuine amber emit

a very faint scent of pine.

Hal, do your thing.

Hal: Umm, (sniff), (sniff).

I detect notes of pine bark, (sniff), pine needles,

(sniff), and pine tar.

Houston: That is also is an affirmative.

Now to the third and final test.

Nature Cat: Oh goody! Can I do this one?

Can I? I haven't done a test yet.

Please?

Houston: Ok, sir.

This one is called the Amber Salt Water Buoyancy Test.

Or the A.S.W.B.T. as we say around the office.

Houston: Real Amber will float on salt water.

If the sample is not amber, it will sink.

Nature Cat: Oh, you mean water, water?

Ugh. Perhaps someone else would like to take my place?

Hal: Come on, Nature Cat. It's your turn.

Don't be a spoil sport.

Nature Cat: Sigh. If I must.

Okay, Houston, what would you have me do?

Houston: Well, sir.

I need you to mix one quarter cup of salt

into two cups of warm water.

Houston: Now place the sample onto the surface

of the salt water.

g*ng: (gasps)

Squeeks: Oh! I can't watch. Tell me if it sinks. No!

Don't tell me. Wait. Tell me! No!

Don't tell me. Wait. Tell me. No!

Don't tell me. Wait.

Tell me! Did it sink?

(drip)

Nature Cat: Well get a load of that!

It floats!

Squeeks: (gasps) No way! It floats? Are you kidding me?

Houston, what does this mean?

Houston: Well ma'am, it means that your sample

is in fact %, genuine amber.

Woo hoo. Raise the roof.

Woo hoo.

Squeeks: I knew it! I knew it! I knew it!

It's Amber! It's Amber! It's. It's.

It's Amber! It's Amber!

I got Amber! It's Amber!

Squeeks: Ok, I'm done. What do you think?

g*ng: Oooo! Ahhhh!

Hal: it's not cloudy anymore!

Squeeks: Thanks guys.

Bummer it's got this tiny imperfection, see?

It looks like a little smudge.

Nature Cat: Let's have a closer look shall we?

Nature Cat: Whoa! That looks just like a mosquito!

Hal: A what?? A mosquito in there?

Lemme take a look!

Hal: Hey, that does look like a mosquito!

Hi mosquito! It's me, Hal!

Daisy: Man-oh-man-oh-man!

That mosquito must've lived millions of years ago!

Nature Cat: And then got stuck in the resin!

Oops, got resin on me again...

Squeeks: And the resin turned into amber!

Hal: Sorry you got trapped, little mosquito fella, but hey,

you're still here and in perfect condition!

Squeeks: And this is the best day ever! Yeah!

Nature Cat: Low five!

Daisy: Hey! Oh. Hal: We're stuck again!

Nature Cat: Resin is so sticky!

Squeeks: But it sure can turn into something beautiful!

Amber!

Daisy: The big stink.

Nature Cat: Let's see, Sister Winnie will sit here.

Daisy: Sister Winnie, check!

Nature Cat: Uncle Cheese here.

Daisy: Uncle Cheese, check!

Nature Cat: Cousin Phil, right here.

Daisy: Cousin Phil, check!

Nature Cat: Aunt Louise, here. Next to me.

Daisy: Aunt Louise, check, check, check!

Nature Cat: Wait! Daisy,

switch Cousin Phil and Uncle Cheese please.

Nature Cat: Good. Almost.

Let's switch Winnie with Aunt Louise. Wait!

Or don't switch them.

Instead switch Aunt Louise with Uncle Cheese,

and then switch Cousin Phil with Aunt Louise...

Daisy: Ahhh!

Squeeks: Nature Cat, honey, you gotta relax, okay?

Hal: Yeah, the picnic's gonna be great, don't worry, baby!

Nature Cat: I just want this family reunion picnic

to be perfect. It's gotta be perfect!

Nature Cat: And that is most certainly not perfect!

What if we move...?

Daisy: Nature Cat! Don't worry!

It's going to be a lovely family reunion.

Nature Cat: It will be, right?

It must be, right?

I just want everything to be right, right?

Squeeks: Well, these roses are right, that's for sure!

They're in full bloom and they smell like roses!

I mean...yeah!

Hal: (deep inhale)

Hal: Oh, yeah, baby! What she said!

Nature Cat: These sweet smelling roses

are the very reason I wanted this spot for my family reunion.

The perfect setting!

My family will just love how beautiful

they look and how wonderful they smell.

(sniffs)

Ahhhhh, yes!

Nothing can stop this family reunion now!

Ew! What's that smell?

Daisy: I don't smell anything.

Woo hoo! Yes, I do. Okay yep. It's terrible.

Whoa ho ho bessie! Wooo!

Squeeks: Whoa, man! That's bad!

What is that? It's bad to the bone.

B-b-b-bad!

Hal: Whatever it is...it really, really stinks!

I mean, like it's the stinkiest thing

I've ever smelled in my whole life.

Nature Cat: I...I...I can't have a stinky smell here now!

It will ruin my family reunion!

Nature Cat: Be gone, stinky smell!

Away with you! Shoo! Is it gone?

Woodland creatures: The stink is here! The stink is here!

Nature Cat: (sniffs)

Nature Cat: The stinky smell is still here!

Noooooo!

My family reunion is ruined!

Squeeks: Well the smell can't be coming from too far away.

So maybe we can find out what stinks and uh...

unstink it!

Nature Cat: But I don't think we have time!

Daisy: Yes we do, Nature Cat.

We have plenty of time!

Nature Cat: But how can we even begin

to find this dastardly smell?

Hal: Fear not, Nature Cat.

For I, Hal, will use my super sniffer to find the

stinky-smelling smell and stop it!

Squeeks/Daisy: The nose knows!

Hal: And the wind is blowing the smell from that direction...

...right at us!

Daisy: So the big stink must be coming from out there somewhere.

Squeeks: We are here for you, Nature Cat!

Mark my words, that smell will not ruin your reunion!

Hal: Exactly! Onward and smellward!

Hal: (sniffing)

Hal: This way! I can still smell it.

Daisy: Pee ew! Me, too.

Whoa Bessie!

Nature Cat: It smells like...smells like

something's rotting.

Squeeks: Worse!

Like a combination of rotting fish and eggs!

We gotta find and stop that smell!

Squeeks: It's not these ferns.

The ferns are smelling very good.

Daisy: This rotting log smells damp and earthy.

Not the stinky smell we're looking for.

Hal: (sniffing)

Hal: PEE-UUU!

Nature Cat: Did you find it? Is that it?

Hal: This isn't the stinky smell,

but this lady bug smells pretty bad.

Daisy: That's right! Ladybugs can release a bad smell.

Maybe it thinks you are going to eat it, Hal.

Hal: Ohhh...

Don't worry, little lady bug, Hal won't eat you.

I promise. He's great.

Oh, I'm Hal, by the way. I'm pretty great.

Hal: Oh, I love this swampy smell!

Wait why do I love this swampy smell again?

Daisy: Remember that smell comes from those tiny critters

that live in the swamp muck.

Hal: Who could forget!?

I love this smell. It's so... mucky!

Hal: I love you, muck! Muck voice: I love you too, Hal.

You're the greatest! Hal: Stop it!

Muck voice: No please, don't be so kind.

Squeeks: Hey, guys! Isn't that skunk cabbage?

Maybe that's the smell?

Nature Cat: Could this be the big stink?

Are you the one ruining my picnic!?

Squreeks: (sniffs)

Squeeks: Into the nose and up to the brain...

enter the smell to my olfactory domain.

Hal: You have an old factory up there? Wow!

Daisy: No, Hal.

The olfactory's the smelling part of your nose that sends

messages to your brain so you know what you're smelling.

Nature Cat: Is this it? Is this the stinky smell?

Squeeks: This skunk cabbage is pretty stinky,

but not the stink we're looking for.

Nature Cat: Are you sure? It's gotta be!

Daisy: (sniffs)

Daisy: Ugh! This is bad,

but I agree with Squeeks.

This isn't the stinky smell.

Nature Cat: Oh, it's not!

Why are there so many stinky things in nature?!

Daisy: Well, maybe the skunk cabbage's stinky smell attracts

bugs to help it pollinate?

Squeeks: Oh cool.

And the ladybug's smell is to scare away something

that might eat it.

Hal: It's kinda like they communicate with their

smells! Stay away! Or come here!

Nature Cat: Understood!

But the bad stinky smell is still out there.

And it's saying to me, "I'm gonna ruin your party!"

It's mocking me!

How are we ever going to find it and stop it?!

Daisy: By not giving up, Nature Cat!

Squeeks: Just keep on smellin'!

Hal: Remember, the nose knows!

(laughs) (sniffing)

Into the wind we go!

Hal: (sniffing)

Nature Cat: Ew! That smell just keeps getting worse!

Ah! That's better.

Daisy: But not a good idea, Nature Cat.

Smelling is like an early-warning system.

It keeps us safe.

Squeeks: You got that right, Dais!

Bein' able to smell tells us what's around that we can't see.

Hal: Oh! Like the time we were looking for Bigfoot

and we followed our noses and found a stinky mink frog!

(laughs) Instead of the Bigfoot!

Haha! I love that episode.

Nature Cat: You're right. Release the smeller!

(sniffs)

Uh-oh!

Acck!

I smell something else really bad!

Daisy/Squeeks: (sniff)

Yuck! Squeeks: It's bad all right.

Daisy: Oh boy. I know that smell.

Hal: (gasps) Skunk!

Hi, it's me Hal! We come in peace!

Nature Cat: If I still had that clothespin on my nose,

my nose wouldn't have been able to warn me

that a skunk is nearby and I could have been sprayed!

Daisy: Guys! We have to hurry.

It's almost time for the reunion.

Nature Cat: The smell is getting stronger...

and worse.

Nature Cat: "We're coming for you, stinky smell!

Hal: (gasps) The stink is here!

All: (sniffs)

Daisy: Whoa Bessie! It sure is.

Squeeks: That is one awesome stink!

Nature Cat: I think it's coming from around the bend.

Ronald: (snooring)

The g*ng: Ronald!

Ronald: Huh? Oh hello, Nature Cat.

(sneezes)

Nature Cat: Ronald, how can you sleep with that big stink coming

from right here where you are sleeping?

Ronald: First of all, I was not sleeping.

I was lounging.

Today is Ronald Relaxation Day.

It's a day I just take for myself to relax...all day!

Hal: Oh, I'd like a day like that!

Daisy: (sniffs)

Ronald, don't you smell anything?

Ronald: I have a cold. (sneezes)

I can't smell anything.

What's the smell smell like?

Squeeks: Bad, man. It's really bad.

Hal: (sniffs) I think it's coming from here.

Hal: Yep! We found the big stink!

Daisy: It's a Black Rat Snake!

Nature Cat: Snake!? Why'd it have to be a snake?!

Squeeks: Excuse me, ma'am.

If you don't mind my asking, what's up with all this stinky

smell you're makin'?

Snake: Him!

Ronald: What him? Me? I didn't do anything.

(sneezes)

Daisy: Snakes sometimes release a really stinky smell

when they feel threatened

Hal: You must've threatened her, Ronald.

You're very threatening.

Ronald: I didn't! I'm innocent. There was no threatening.

(sneeze)

I didn't even know she was there.

Nature Cat: What say you, snake?

Snake: Yo! It's time for me to lay my eggs.

Nature Cat: So?

Snake: So, here's what happened.

Snake: I found the perfect spot right in the tree hallow.

Private... quiet ...

Until Ronald the Relaxer came along.

Ronald: Yes! The perfect place for Ronald's Relaxation Day.

(sigh)

Snake: I couldn't get out because he was in the way,

and it stressed me out. I couldn't even lay my eggs.

So... I let him have it. I let loose my stink b*mb!

Snake: But he didn't even blink. Not a sniff. Nada!

So I did it again!

Ronald: I told you, I have a cold.

(gasping)

(sneezes)

Nature Cat: Here's the problem, snake.

My family's coming for a reunion, but your stink

is going to ruin it.

Snake: Okay. That's fair. I get it.

But it's not all on me, man.

Nature Cat: I understand.

Snake: Okay how about this.

I won't release any more stink if the cat gets out of the way.

Nature Cat: Ronald?

Ronald: Well, considering the egg-laying situation,

and the family reunion, I'll move.

Nature Cat: Snake?

Snake: Deal yo! See ya!

Nature Cat: (struggling)

Ronald: ♪ Doo doo doo... ♪

Hal: (struggling)

Ronald: ♪ Doo doo doo ♪

Hal: (sniffs) Ahhhh...it smells better already!

Ronald: ♪ Doo doo doo ♪

Snake: Thanks for your help, dudes.

I'm going back in to lay my eggs. Alright.

Squeeks: You do that, girl!

Hal: Thanks for moving, Ronald.

Daisy: Your friends in the woods thank you too.

Ronald: Hmmm... maybe I'll call this Ronald Appreciation Day.

Nature Cat: By the way Ronald, if you're hungry,

please stop by.

I'd like you to meet my family.

And I can't believe I just said that.

Hal: Sure glad my sniffer's working.

Squeeks: You got that right, man.

Being able to smell helped us find the stink.

Daisy: And helped us protect ourselves, too.

Smells warned us when the skunk was near.

Nature Cat: So whenever we smell something we need to ask,

'what is that smell telling me?'

g*ng: The nose knows! The nose knows! The nose knows!

Sister Winnie: So very happy to be here, brother.

Nature Cat: We're glad you all came, sis.

Even you, Ronald.

Ronald: (chewing)

Squeeks: Uncle Cheese, would you pass the cheese please?

Uncle Cheese: Here you go, Squeeks.

Squeeks: CHEESE!

Sorry I do that every time.

(gobbles)

Aunt Louise: (sniffs)

Aunt Louise: Ahhhh...smell those wonderful roses!

Cousin Phil: Yeah! Those roses smell magnificent.

Great spot, Nature Cat!

Daisy: The perfect place for a family reunion.

Nature Cat: Well, as I always say,

'All's well, that smells well."

Hal: (sniffs) Ahhh! What he said!

Wink. Wink.

Narrator: Nature Cat, Squeeks, Daisy, and Hal

are cartoon characters

and not real animals.

To keep all of our animal friends safe,

check with a grown up before you bring a pet

on your next nature adventure.

Whoa!

Ha ha!

(theme song)

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